you don't believe in the bible anymore, don't believe in the bible anymore, do you believe in god?”ble anymore, do you believe in god? i do not. there is so much of my upbringing, though, that i retain, these ideas that i learned from religion, ideas like grace and hope and mercy, compassion, the importance of community. there's so much of my upbringing that i retain. you say you don't believe in the bible, you don't believe in god. you quote the bible quite a lot, so it is clearly in some ways still an inspiration for you. no, it absolutely is. when i say for you. no, it absolutely is. when isayi for you. no, it absolutely is. when i say i don't believe in the bible, what i mean is i don't believe in the infallibility of the bible. there are many things i find in the bible that are wonderful, it is just that i now feel free to discount and discredit the things i think are wrong. given you think that this self—styled church is wrong, given you think it is distorting religion and faith, isn't it fair to say that this is really extremism masquerading as a religion, subverting the us c

when i say i don't believe in the bible, what i mean is i don't believe in the infallibility of the biblely is still do guide my life. it's just that i now feel free to discount and discredit the things i think are wrong. given you think that this self—styled church is wrong, given you think it is distorting religion and faith, isn't it fair to say that this is really extremism masquerading as a religion, subverting the us constitution, hijacking the us constitutional right to religious freedom in order to advance its cause? it's hard to... so, for instance, i write in the book also about the snyder v phelps case that went to the us supreme court. this is the case in which the father of a dead marine whose funeral had been picketed, challenged the right of westboro to do that. yes, and while of course i believe and wish that my family would stop doing things like that, that they should not use the freedom they have been given as a cloak of maliciousness, as it says in the bible — that is what i believe they're doing there. but i also think that the fact that i think that the justices were

when i say i don't believe in the bible, what i mean is i don't believe in the infallibility of the bible i now feel free to discount and discredit the things i think are wrong. given you think that this self—styled church is wrong, given you think it is distorting religion and faith, isn't it fair to say that this is really extremism masquerading as a religion, subverting the us constitution, hijacking the us constitutional right to religious freedom in order to advance its cause? it's hard to... so, for instance, i write in the book also about the snyder v phelps case that went to the us supreme court. this is the case in which the father of a dead marine whose funeral had been picketed challenged the right of westboro to do that. yes, and while of course i believe and wish that my family would stop doing things like that, that they should not use the freedom they have been given as a cloak of maliciousness, as it says in the bible — that is what i believe they're doing there. but i also think that the fact that i think that the justices were right in making the decision that they made,

>> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her is wrong, and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? ♪ >>> for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. >> i think jesus meant everything to mary. >> she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she's the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. >> do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute. for his grace will protect you. >> yet when it comes to the details of mary's life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. >> mary magdalene is remarkable. there's so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they're so central to the story of jesus. and they've filled our imagination for centuries. >> in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a prostitu

the bible presents israel as the sovereign state the god created. israel is the only state in the history of the world created by a sovereign act of god. god in genesis 12 made a covenant with abraham, i will bless you, i will make your name great, i will bless your children with the jewish people, your children will bless the nations of the earth and then, in the 17th chapter, he made a covenant, a blood covenant, god did, with abraham and god called him to put five animals on the ground in a blood covenant and he walked between the separated pieces reciting the covenant which was to give the land of israel to the jewish people forever. it was an unbreakable covenant. there are three kinds of covenant in the scripture. a shoe, assault and a blood covenant. we don't want to go down that road. just a with the fact that god almighty who created the heavens and the earth, as owner of the earth, he had the right to do with the earth what he wanted to do. israel is the only nation on the face of the earth with these boundaries recorded, its borders recor

in their eyes, a re-created bible comes as no shock. >> we cannot understand what the bible means. it is different in our country. we cannot get what you mean n in the western countries. reporter: they have a sense of the diversity of the church, praising american indians for perfectly adapting the dogma to their culture. he said the same of the japanese. but this form of the bible is somethining he will n not be abo accept. negotiations with china are lilikely to drag on. yena: people across asia witnessed an annual solar eclipse today, also o known as a ringng of fire. crowds gathered d to watch the national -- the natutural phenomenon in countries including sri lanka, india, and saudi arabia. you can s see the moon coveverig the cecenter of thee sun, giving the appearanance of a brightht . everye are u usually two year, and they occur only when the earth is in the moon's shadow. we will leave you with ststunnig images from thailand. ststay tununed for more news and analysis, coming up. ♪ ♪ >> under cover of darkness, joey steers his boat toward the sea. a few timeses a month, wh

much is eroded, but enough remains to reveal a name: pontius pilate, prefect of judaea in the bible, pilate is infamous as the man who tries jesus. >> pilate is a fascinating character in christian history. he does seem tormented about whether or not jesus is guilty and whether or not he should condemn him. >> the pilate of the gospels is uncertain. he seems deeply concerned with jesus' innocence. >> i have the authority to set you free. >> he's not firm and decisive about what he wants to do. >> the discovery of his name in stone was groundbreaking. >> the significance of the pilate stone is that it actually gives us hard evidence of this central figure from the story of the crucifixion of jeefds, so pilate really existed. he really lived, and he really was the prefect of judaea. we actually have a literal touchstone, a point of connection, between the story of the crucifixion of jesus from the bible and actual roman history. >> although we know a few things about pilate from the gospels, to fill out his story more, we need to go to the jewish historian, josephus, who tells us quite

back hills of mississippi and alabama, we're finding a lot of people who have decided to read their bibles and not just listen to greed and fall well and read what the gospel says and they know something is deeply frubling. it's something deeply troubling, they are saying, when somebody can say there are four against abortion but for taking health care once people get here. they're for tax cuts for the wealthy but they're against living wages here when the bible clearly instructs the labor. they're for the capitol being in jerusalem but not for dealing with the poverty and the problem of capitol among the poor here in this country. i do believe and i'm meeting peep logical over, white and black, many who identify themselves as evangelical but they stop because of the way the title has been hijacked and we must recover it j take it back. >> that's one of the last parts of that editorial.

but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next.er, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. and then centuries later, in 1898, it became a global phenomenon when italian secondo pia took the world's first photograph of the shroud. >> all of a sudden, a negative image of the man of the shroud pops out at him, and it's like staring at the face of jesus. it suddenly turns the shroud from an object of religious devotion to an icon of scientific obsession. if you prove that the shroud of turin is real, you're proving that jesus christ existed. >> in 1978, former u.s. air force physicist john jackson from the shroud of turin research project was given unprecedented access to study the relic. >> you see the image of -- of a human man. we can see for example the head, crossed arms. in fact, you can even see elongated fingers. >> leading a team of 40 scientists, jackson set out to investigate the shroud

but we never read the bible much. much. it was always done in the setting of music and also acted out. because we learn things are more with our bodies than with our minds. we learn more about human nature and the world through movement and gesture. i'm told people, if some of his talk and use a lot of gestures people will believe the gesture rather than the words. because the body doesn't lie so much. but i'm going to take three different things, and the first one is that scripture tells us what we must believe, that it gives us truth, that we must accept. it's a very odd idea. it came in rather late, roundabout the time of the protestant reformation. and you remember that it was said famously that a poor man armed with scripture can learn as much about the faith that any hope or bishop. give everybody the bible and they will be fine. well, that didn't work because as a reformer soon found, they couldn't agree with one another about what scripture said, even on absolutely fundamental matters like the eucharist. it was so d

their bibles are in arabic.brings a lot of details out that you would never think in the birthplace of jesus, and i hope people learn a lot from it. it's a family-friendly documentary. you can learn a lot from it. abby: something i did learn was a manger is actually in a cave. right? so i saw that, you mentioned 330 a.d. the emperor decided to build this church on top of the manger. and you had the opportunity to actually go inside. what was at esperance? >> it was amazing. you feel the gravity of being in that cave or there is no room for mary and joseph in the end. so they went to the manger and they laid him in swaddling clothes. and the wise men, came to worship. all of the biblical stories that i set her on the fireplace with my parents and they read to me or in church, come alive in there. so there were crowds waiting to cummins side. they blocked it off for people to go on inside. they're two different denominations control that site and they share that. but i took some time to reflect. when you look at t

in the bible, lazarus has an exclusive title. >> we are introduced to the character of lazarus in theospel of john. what we are told about him is unique. he is the one whom jesus loved. >> lazarus, come out! >> and he is famous for his part in the ultimate miracle of jesus' mission. >> the raising of lazarus is one of the most lengthy narratives anywhere in the gospels, yet the person at its center, lazarus, never actually speaks. he is the enigma at the heart of the story. >> in 1972, workers repairing the basilica in larnaca made a startling discovery. >> there's a sarcophagus that contains bones inside. >> written on the side in greek are the words, "friend of jesus." >> they announce to the world that these are the bones of none other than lazarus. >> could this be the final resting place of the man known in the bible as jesus' beloved friend? lazarus may have been silent in the bible, but it tells us where he's from: bethany. >> this place is el azariah. it's here in the west bank just behind the mount of olives, and it's the traditional site of bethany, the place associated with

. >> king herod is one of the most notorious characters in the bible. he is the man who tries to kill the infant jesus. >> kill them all. >> he orders this appalling act where all the male children are slaughtered. >> but in history, herod is a powerful and successful ruler. >> history should remember herod the great as a ruthless but very effective king of judea. >> who is the real king herod, the great ruler from history or the monster from the bible, and could this really be his tomb? >> 2007, the hebrew university of jerusalem -- archaeologists cause a sensation when they reveal the discovery of a sarcophagus. >> with a breaking story from 2000 years ago -- >> fragments of what could be the most important archaeological find in the middle east -- >> -- what may be the tomb of the ancient king, herod. >> eight feet long and made of a rare pink limestone, this sarcophagus is beautifully carved and polished so meticulously, it resembled marble. >> well, finding any king's tomb is big, but finding the tomb of king herod the great, the most famous ruler

in their eyes a recreated bible comes as no shock i don't think we can fully understand what the biblemeans. what i mean because- the country in a traditional out to the different. we come e to get on with being the westin country. pope francis has accepted the diversity of the church praising american indians for perfectly adapting the document to the culcha. he said the same of japanese at the end of november. but a distorted version of f the bible is something you're going to be able to acceptpt. negotiations with china are likely to drag on. the operation to shore up the ya fi damage not a dom cathedral is entering a risky stage engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding that could provoke further collapse. vas tamo lost its roof a and spipieth and in e file on april the fifteenth but the main belltown was out to wool so much of the full to ceiling survived along with. religious run except artworks this is the first christmas in a two hundred years without mass or services at notre dot. the work today's in preparation for the full rebuilding process which is due t

i stand on the bible.ng scriptures of encouragement to encourage myself in this time of affliction. cling to what is good. be kindly, affectionate to one another. >> franklin does bible study, you know, every day. he basically walks around in his cell preaching to himself. you got a lot of guys, they call it jailhouse religion. you do your dirt on the outside, but you get to jail, all of a sudden you're a holy roller. >> i don't hide behind anything. what i do is i just basically keep my head on straight by not thinking about what i'm here for, you know. >> what franklin is here for is the stuff of nightmares. he has pled guilty and is awaiting sentencing on four convictions. rape by force, sodomy of a helpless victim by force, robbery, and illegal use of a firearm. according to prosecutors, franklin contacted two women on a website known for escort service ads. he met them at a hotel where he drew a gun and forced each woman to have sex with him. then authorities say he made them have sex with each other.

. >> is it possible the disciple famous in the bible for doubt founded one of the earliest christian churches in india? >> thomas is listed as one of the twelve, so we know that he's one of that inner group of jesus' disciples. >> he's best known as the one disciple who wasn't present when jesus first appeared after his crucifixion. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection, but an ancient text and recent archaeological documents may reveal what happened to him. >> there are early indications even before the middle ages that christianity had somehow, someway, come to india, so one could say, "why not by thomas?" >> in bari cathedral in italy is a relic believed to have been venerated for over 1,700 years across the christian world. it's said to be the arm that touched the resurrected jesus, the arm of saint thomas. >> so if the relics of saint thomas were found to be from the first century, that would be incredibly exciting. >> could this relic date to the time of jesus and help solve the mystery of what happened to the disciple famous for his doubt? >> thomas

protesting funerals that i believed was wrong according to the bible itself.estborough failing to live up to its standard. it's not difficult. there is no real justification for this and i can't keep doing it collects your family is quite educated. a lot of law degrees. >> education was very important. awi had planned to go to law school for a long g time. eventually, i didn't do that because of the apocalypse was coming. it's one of those things that people have a hard time believing the educated people could believe these things. how can they be indoctrinated if they're so smart? my answer is, almost everyone in the church was raised in the church. from a very young age, we all learned to marshall our resources. sorry, i'm about to sneeze. our intellectual faculties to defend that ideology. >>: from free land, michigan. >> thanks everybody and can you hear me all right? >> please go ahead, we are listening. >> i wanted to quote something. but i was thinking about the love your enemies thing. it's not enough you love your enemies. you must also hate your frie

i turned to no less an authority than the bible. in the very first chapter it is written that god put adam to sleep, extracted a rib, obviously medicine had the oldest calling. the engineer disagreed. and he argued that engineering has a longer history. i also cite the bible as my authority, for before the story of adam and eve, it is written that in the chaos god created the heavens and the earth, the greatest engineering marvel of all time. shirley engineering has the greatest historical legacy. the lawyer interrupted my good doctor and engineer, you have proven my point that lawyers are the oldest. who do you think created all the chaos to begin with? [laughter] that we asi hope lawyers have not created too much chaos in sharing our views on religious freedom and i thank you for being so patient and attentive in what we had to share. [applause] rev. thistlethwaite: thank you for participating in this. this event demonstrates the stability that i think the first -- the stability that i think the first amendment has had a lot to do

he must not be reading the same bible that i have read and the bible that his father preached from so much. so i really believe that christians and jews are now beginning to speak up about the misrepresentation that's taking place by a few people against these two religions and they are the two great religions upon which this country is found, judeo christian principles means a whole lot to me. my favorite verse of the bible is doing justice, love and mercy and being humble. and i have a favorite of the new testament, matthew 25:45. so judeo-christian principles are what we are built upon. they are being misrepresented by franklin graham and stephen miller, and it's time for christians and jews to speak out about this and let's put this country back on an even keel. >> and then let me ask you too as it pertains to the impeachment, how speaker pelosi wants to delay these articles of impeachment, delay the naming of house managers, accusing the president and senator majority leader mcconnell of joining forces to go rogue. you know, mcconnell has said that he is working with the white ho

read the bible.esus said there are three , the orphan,ple the widow, and the refugee, the stranger among you. if you're a christian and read the bible the lord will judge, how can you support someone who would take a child and separate them from their mother and put them in a cage. my name is charles robin yorker andhe new reader's digest has printed my story. if you google robin woods new yorker you will see how i spent 23 years in prison. host: out of cumberland, maryland. about 15 minutes left in the segment. hearing from evangelical voters, asking about your support for president trump. having this conversation in the wake of the christianity today editorial. we have talked about this several times over the past 10 days since it came out, including on tuesday of last week. jim wallis who served in president obama's white house advisory council on faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. he joined us as part of our authors week series. this is what he had to say about the editorial. caller: it i

i, too, cite the bible is my authority. for before the story of adam needs, it is written that the chaos, god created the heavens and the earth, the greatest engineering marvel of all time. the lawyer interrupted, you have proven my point that lawyers are the oldest. who do you think created all the chaos to begin with? [laughter] >> i hope we have not created too much chaos in sharing our views on religious freedom and i thank you for being so patient and attentive in what we had to share. [applause] >> thank you for participating in this. this event demonstrates the civility that i think the first amendment has had a lot to do with securing for this nation. -- endure.or [applause] >> c-span's washington journal. live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, andnesday author talks about efforts to fix the u.s. health care system. be sure to watch washington journal and be sure to watch authors week starting at 8 a.m.. >> here is a look at some of our featured programming on c-span. day, view white ho

they use the bible to justify segregation. they use the bible to justify oppression against african-americans. even today those of us who are african-american know this -- >> the situational ethics, it's situational beliefs. >> well, for black people, i think for the people who i know who are christians, christianity has always been more about redemption and more about salvation and less about judgment. i think what you get from the right is a bunch of judgment. we don't like you because you're muslim. we don't like you because you're mexican. we don't like you because you're immigrant. we are going to think differently of you. it's become a faith at least in the hands of white evangelicals has enshrined white supremacy above all else. i think that's terrible for the faith, it's terrible for white evangelicals, it's terrible for the republican party. if they want to have any sort of morality, any sort of moral grounding they have to get back what to what they said they believed in from the beginning. >> it's something alice sa

you've had your bible study on fox nation for a while. one of the people on the out of the street or e-mailing you. >> thank you for asking. when janice is outside, i hear it she hears it. they think fox news for allowing us to talk a better faith. this air country needs more of that. other networks don't do that. i'm very grateful fox allows us to share that about christ. >> this might not be the time because it might be low angry with you, you went to my field of sports, you took it to a stadium. >> you love that segment. if you want to get brian interested in church interview some nfl players who has some stories. one of the child lost his child to sids, one lost his life after only being married to. there's all kinds of orphanages down in hades and they offered us to go with them. that amazing stories one whose daughter had cancer and he talks by getting her through that. there's phenomenal christian men making the lives difference in lives of so many people. if you want to watch it, bible study is a fox nation.com. >> meanwhile jesus

you've read the bible through palestinian eyes and we read it in the context of living under occupation jesus lived under occupation became a refugee under occupation his miracles were what done under occupation the thousands gathered around him and that occupation so we see how deeply jesus resisted occupation and we tried to walk in the same footsteps. samjhauta is one of the founders of simeon and she is an excellent writer and she has an excellent blog. most of the israelis are secular jews but of course they use this to justify. that this is the city and then you find all these crazy christians i call they call themselves christian zionists their fear is is completely untrue because i mean when they say all the jews have to gather here. the jews that israel is a happy about this part of the here but then so that the messiah can come and when the messiah comes they have to become christians and those who don't become christians then they will have to be killed i mean what kind of a religion is this what kind of a god is this god when the messiah comes if they don't believe then they

and to trust means we also trust his teachings as revealed in the bible. a ng those teachings is prescription for the way we should lead our lives, the way and ould treat each others rely on his god and his teachings to in fact trust in him. a n adams wrote that only moral and religious people can self-govern. in my opinion, the morals in are laids referring to out in god's teachings, both in he old testament and new testament of the bible. almost every day we hear someone sk for god's blessing on our nation. the next time you hear for our ne to ask god to bless ask is it need to about our nation that is blessable? 61 million lling of babies in the last 50 years? the ranker that permeates discourse? his causes me to fear that we are on the verge of being an unblessable nation. the nation people, of israel, would stray so far he would eachings subject them to awful events and terrible circumstances to cause them to turn their hearts back them. i believe that we are on that same destructive path. we must ask ourselves, what to turn our nation's heart back to

rather, we are bible-believing christians and patriotic americans. your editorial offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and the christian witness of tens of millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations. sara, you wrote recently a "new york times" op-ed titled that the christianity today editorial won't change anything. tell us why. >> christianity today is a flagship for evangelicals founded by billy graham years ago. but since then, evangelicals have changed a lot. there have been a lot of submovements within evangelicalism that we now see rallying around president trump. new political organizations, new kinds of media. so a magazine like "christianity today" doesn't have the singular resonance it might have had back in the '60s and '70s. so when you see these 200 evangelical leaders pushing back on "christianity today," that is the evangelical america that supports donald trump. it is the mainstream of evangelicalism, 80% of white evangelicals opposed impeaching president trump, and the evangelicals that wrote

and you know the bible says that the jewish people are the apple of god's eye that's the term that isle and when you attack a jewish person, you are attacking the god of israel and there's a stiff penalty to be paid for doing that and you know, greg, i was honored to stand next to the president when he signed that piece of -- s that executive order on anti-semitism before he signed it he asked me to speak to the group and say a word i said thank god we have a president who when it comes to israel in the jewingish people is not only on the right sideeo history he's on the right side of god. the the jewish people, nation of israel have never had a better friend than they have in president donald trump. >> pastor robert great to see you happy holidays to you thanks for being with us. >> thank you, greg. >> and stay right there -- we'll be right back. here's to the straggly ones. the first ones. the 'hey', i look good with this' ones. the black, brown, red, and grey ones. the itchy ones. the ones grown by dad. the ones grown for dad. the 'i nearly didn't do it this year' ones. and the abs

the army responded calling the bible references unconstitutional.orning with more on their fight for faith. back to you guys. >> 45 after the hour, we are coming right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ the calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. laundry isn't done until it's done with downy. >> about a dozen minutes we will talk about how the impeachment is moving to a new phase. we have a great line of guests, sean spicer, former spokesperson to the united states, we have newt gingrich and former acting attorney general of the united states and rachel campos. what mike pence revealed is the leverage in trade talks with china. what is going to happen today? in about 10 minutes. >> it is beginning to look a lot like christmas and the holiday season is the busiest time of year for online retailers. rob: millions of americans will rely on us mail or other shipping services to get those presents under the tree on time. jillian: joining us is shopping expert and founder, michelle matter. i was online trying to start my christmas shopping on cybermonday and so many

a blockade and an up the bible rather by the international community the u.n. security council that was imposed in 1902 that is limiting the federal government of somalia from giving weapons to the forces to be able to touch the militant group one of the arguments that the generals are giving. the same weapons these militant groups are using is the same one that is posed that the government is using so it will be very hard for them to go ahead on monday might use what do you to god. the bible says they are asking the international community to give to the expectation to empower the tented to go to paul does at the time when general elections are due to take place next year and african union troops have been in the country for almost more than one ticket now as opposed to the country so the government wants to support in its entirety sector reform to be able to contain this insurgency and secure the country ok thanks a lot of fake somali journalist abdul aziz below thanks for that and just a reminder that while the jihadist group al shabaab is often behind these

if i understand the case properly, he was wanting to conduct a bible study in the commons room of his apartment complex. in the apartment complex told him, no, you can't do that. he then wanted to conduct it inside his own apartment and the apartment complex said, you cannot do that either. in my understanding is with first liberty support, he filed a lawsuit against the apartment complex, arguing in part that their actions are a violation of both state and federal fair housing statutes, which prohibit discrimination against someone for their religious beliefs. and so i guess the question i would pose to you, using that as a jumping off point for a hypothetical, if the apartment complex was owned by an individual and that individual religious beliefs are that there should be no homage paid to any god but my god, and you are conducting this bible study, using my apartment facilities, violates my with the just beliefs, would you say that is an exception then to the fair housing antidiscrimination laws? and would use in effect be flipping sides and you would be representing the owner of

i have a show that means so much bible study. we have a special episode with our friend sean hannity. take a look. >> sean, what does christmas mean to you? christmas you are not stressed out usually. christmas you are watching the kids. dot presents and eat. you take a nap you hang out and then at some point for me every christmas i get more thoughtful, get prayerful and christmas is a reminder to me that in spite of my busy and crazy life that there is something bigger, better more vast and beautiful. that -- i'm glad i'm remindod that day and this was god's way to -- you know show us what real love is. >> nice of sthun sit down and share his faith and family traditions they experienced over the christmas season throughout the years >> something we all do what ask the reaction? you had bible study on fox nation. people in the street or e mail you? >> thank you for asking when we are talking to the folks she hear it. i hear it. they thank fox for allowing us to talk about our faith. our country needs more other networks don't do

create a wedding for an event that celebrates something the ghost against his understanding of the bible would have to be a personal endorsement and participation in the ceremony. a couple sued, alleging that phillips had engaged in prohibited discrimination under colorado's public accommodation love. he asserted his right to freely exercise his religious belief. which has been more recently decided, is the american legion v. the american human association. the state of maryland maintained a 40 foot latin cross in the median of a public highway. across was first directed 94 years ago as a world war i memorial. the bladensburg peace cross. residents challenged the government, citing the cross as -- anditutional unconstitutional establishment of religion. any material this evening could be on the final exam. [laughter] and with that, i am going to slide over to mr. shackleford. [applause] mr. shackelford: i have been fighting religious freedoms cases for 30 years. in that time, i have represented all faiths. catholic, protestant, people of the jewish faith, muslim, native american indians.

is so important to our history and culture initially it was the geneva bible that dominated when they came over it tells the modest way of adam and eve that very quickly that king james bible came to dominate and honestly it resonates throughout our history a great fund of rhetoric down to the centuries you often hear martin luther king quote the declaration of independence is our promise every note yet to be cashed he did say that it's a very powerful sentiment but his rhetoric and what made it so powerful wasn't thomas jefferson it was jeremiah and matthew and from the bible that we get our national identity that we are the chosen people are lincoln said more appropriately you get the idea that we are living in the promised land and you get the idea of a covenant going back to the old testament perk of the first covenant in our history the settlers come pretty much every time they found a new town and a church a written document sitting out or the sheer anger of sovereignty that gives us a limited national government so i will set up in capsule form the conservative agenda based on

that i believe are unscriptural and protesting funerals that i believe were wrong according to the bible itself. westborough failing to live up to its own standards. that is where i eventually came to realize it isn't them a call. there is no real justification and i cannot keep doing it. >>host: your family is quite educated. lot of law degree. >> absolutely. education was very important. i thought i would go to law school to follow in the family footsteps. i didn't do that because the apocalypse was coming. that educated people could believe these things that how can they be indoctrinated if they are so smart? the answer is almost everyone who is in the church was raised in the church so from a very young age they all learned to marshal all of our resource resources, intellectual fact that - - faculties to defend that ideology and they have an answer for everything it so important those initial doubts came from those internal inconsistencies. >>host: michigan go ahead. >>caller: thank you very much. can you hear me? >>host: go ahead. >>caller: i was just thinking about love your enemie

the bible says the jewish people are the apple of god's eye.attack a jewish person, you are attacking the god of israel. there is a stiff penalty to be paid for doing that. i was honored to stand next to the president when he signed that executive order on anti-semitism. before he signed it he asked me to speak to the group and say a word. i said thank god we have a president when it comes to israel and the jewish people is not on on the right side of history, he's on the right side of god. the jewish people, the nation of israel never had a better friend than they have in president donald trump. gregg: great to see you. happy holidays and thanks for being with us. imagine traveling hassle-free with your golf clubs. now you can, with shipsticks.com! no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. sending your own clubs ahead with shipsticks.com makes it fast & easy to get to your golf destination. with just a few clicks or a phone call, we'll pick up and deliver your clubs on-time, guara

. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forwardost totally until he's 30 years old, and he's the son of god. what about all those missing years when he was a teenager playing around with his brothers, getting into trouble? >> written around 100 years after jesus' death, the infancy gospel of thomas is a collection of stories about his childhood. >> there is a peculiar story about james, and it's an interesting picture of jesus and james together as children. >> joseph sent james into the forest to gather sticks. jesus also went with him. ♪ ♪ >> the gospel continues: an abominable snake bit james on the hand, and as he lay dying, the boy jesus ran to james and did nothing but blow on the bite, and immediately the bite was healed. >> james is put there with jesus from the very beginning. we see an organic connection between them, not only in terms of their relationship but also in terms of their common experience. >> but the story of james, the brother of jesus, will be forgotten until this casket bearing his name reappears to launch